inignoct wrote:
] Oy. we sure are screwed.

I think thats an apples to oranges comparison. Spending needed to maintain our working infrastructure long term is the not the same as what is needed to rebuild their broken one short term.

However, people do not seem to get that the international coallition thing is not about troops, it about money. Canada may provide 8 warplanes for something like this, but they also pick up huge chunk of the tab. In this case the US has had almost no financial assistance, and its going to hurt. This is what we get for their arrogance in going it alone.

RE: $87 Billion War Request Details Spending (washingtonpost.com)